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Published in Dec 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789950045

Length 794 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Power BI

Concepts

Business Intelligence

Authors (5):

Brett Powell

Mitchell Pearson

Brian Knight

Devin Knight

Manuel Quintana

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. Getting Started with Importing Data Options FREE CHAPTER

2. Data Transformation Strategies

3. Building the Data Model

4. Leveraging DAX

5. Visualizing Data

6. Using a Cloud Deployment with the Power BI Service

7. Planning Power BI Projects

8. Connecting to Sources and Transforming Data with M

9. Designing Import and DirectQuery Data Models

10. Developing DAX Measures and Security Roles

11. Creating and Formatting Power BI Reports

12. Applying Custom Visuals, Animation, and Analytics

13. Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures

14. Managing Application Workspaces and Content

15. Managing the On-Premises Data Gateway

16. Deploying the Power BI Report Server

17. Creating Power BI Apps and Content Distribution

18. Administering Power BI for an Organization

19. Scaling with Premium and Analysis Services

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Data sources

Data source connectivity is one of the strengths of Power BI, due to the vast list of standard data source connectors included in Power BI Desktop, in addition, to support for Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) and Object Linking and Embedding, Database (OLE DB) connections. The breadth of data connectivity options is further bolstered by the ability for developers to create custom Power BI data connectors for a specific application, service, or data source. Custom data connectors, the data retrieval processes created for all data sources for Power BI, and other Microsoft applications are developed with the M language.

Power BI's data connectors are consistently extended and improved with each monthly release of Power BI Desktop. New data sources are commonly added as a preview or beta release feature and previous beta connectors are moved from beta to general availability.

In the following example from the October 2017 release of Power BI Desktop, the connector for Google BigQuery...

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